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Infineon: OptiMOS 5 150 V delivers
reduction in on-state resistance and
reverse recovery charge
Aiming at high efficiency designs and appli-
cations, Infineon introduces the OptiMOS 5
150 V portfolio. This product family further
expands the OptiMOS 5 generation of power
MOSFETs. The new 150 V product family is
especially optimized for high performance
applications which require low charges, high
power density and yet high ruggedness. It is
an important contributor to Infineon’s system
solutions for low voltage drives, synchronous
rectification in telecom rectifiers and brick
converters as well as solar power optimizers.
TI: 4-A synchronous DC/DC buck converter
shrink system size in automotive
Texas Instruments introduced the indus-
try’s first fully integrated power manage-
ment solution for double date rate (DDR)2,
DDR3 and DDR3L memory subsystems in
automotive and industrial applications. The
TPS54116-Q1 DC/DC buck converter is a
2.95-V to 6-V input, 4-A synchronous step-
down converter with a 1-A peak sink/source
DDR termination and buffered reference that
reduces system size by up to 50 percent com-
pared to discrete implementations.
Keysight: continuous-sweep signal
analysis to 110 GHz
Keysight Technologies announced a break-
through in spectrum and signal analysis at
millimeter-wave frequencies. The Keysight
N9041B UXA X-Series signal analyzer is the
first to provide frequency coverage to 110
GHz with a maximum analysis bandwidth of
up to 5 GHz. Developing off-the-shelf tools
for extremely high frequencies requires Key-
sight’s proven blend of measurement science
and millimeter-wave expertise. The N9041B
UXA exemplifies the company’s unique
capabilities with attributes such as advanced
front-end circuitry that achieves low loss and
efficient mixing, providing a displayed aver-
age noise level as low as –150 dBm/Hz when
characterizing wideband modulated signals in
the millimeter-wave band.
Rogue Wave Software to improve open
source software support with IBM
Rogue Wave Software announces it is work-
ing with IBM to help make open source soft-
ware (OSS) support more available. This will
help provide comprehensive, enterprise-grade
technical support for OSS packages. With
open source prevalent in critical applications
and systems, access to expert support can
mean the difference between seamless opera-
tions and revenue-impacting downtime.
Silicon Labs: updated Simplicity Studio
simplifies IoT development
Silicon Labs has released a major update of its
Simplicity Studio software development tools,
representing a significant redesign of the soft-
ware infrastructure, making the tools faster to
download and easier to install and use. A more
intuitive user interface improves the overall
developer experience. Simplicity Studio is the
only embedded development environment
that broadly supports 8- and 32-bit microcon-
trollers, multiprotocol and multiband wireless
SoCs, and fixed-function devices.
NI: latest version of LabVIEW Communi-
cations drives rapid prototyping for 5G
NI announced LabVIEW Communications
System Design Suite 2.0, a development envi-
ronment specifically designed for prototyp-
ing wireless communications systems. This
new version adds NI Linux Real-Time capa-
bility for all software defined radio products
including the NI USRP RIO and FlexRIO.
The added capability empowers engineers to
develop real-time algorithms for execution
on the NI Linux Real-Time operating system,
work with other tools to move up the protocol
stack to MAC and network layers, and access
the vast repositories of open source tools and
technologies needed to build complete system
prototypes – concepts critical to advance the
5G initiative.
Lynx Software Technologies supports
launch of IIC Security Framework
Lynx Software Technologies announced its
support for the Industrial Internet Consor-
tium and specifically the Industrial Internet
Security Framework, unveiled in Heidelberg.
Lynx is a member of the IIC Security Working
Group and played an active role in drafting
of the Security Framework. The IIC Secu-
rity Working Group announced the new the
Industrial Internet Security Framework at its
members meeting in Heidelberg on Septem-
ber 19, 2016. IISF provides a common secu-
rity framework developed to address security
issues in Industrial Internet of Things systems.
Wind River announces VxWorks inte-
gration with IBMWatson IoT platform
Wind River announce availability of the
VxWorks real-time operating system client for
the IBM Watson IoT platform. This is part of
the IBM/Wind River collaboration to advance
IoT deployments for industrial customers
with new “edge-to-cloud” recipes designed
to simplify and accelerate the development
of smart connected devices. This integration
marks the first in a series of VxWorks clients
for cloud service providers to follow.
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